Sources are telling Inside Lacrosse that Rhamel Bratton will not play Saturday against Penn, with The Washington Post reporting that the senior midfielder has been suspended "indefinitely" for a violation of team rules.

Shamel Bratton's NCAA career ends as the No. 3-ranked scoring midfielder in UVa history. He was a two-time USILA first-team All-American, but will end his career without an NCAA Championship.

This is the end of a tumultuous senior season for Shamel Bratton, who was suspended on two other occasions in 2011. In late February, Shamel and Rhamel Bratton did not make the trip back to their native Long Island with the team for the Cavs game at Stony Brook, after being suspended for violating team rules. Shamel was suspended a second time for UVa's game against Maryland on April 2. Starsia told reporters after the Cavs' 12-7 loss to Maryland that Shamel was suspended indefinitely. Though he did not start, the senior middie returned the following Saturday for Virginia's 11-10 overtime win over North Carolina, scoring one goal on six shots.

After beginning the season No. 2 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll (receiving four of 15 first-place votes), Virginia sits at 8-5 on the season, with wins over Cornell, North Carolina and Stony Brook. Shamel Bratton was the Cavs' fourth-leading scorer (20 goals, eight assists in 11 games), while Rhamel Bratton is fifth, with 17 goals and five assists in 12 games. A win Saturday would put the Cavs in the running for an NCAA Tournament first-round game.